Why they left???

[ForTheArborist]

My opinion about this website is.................well................

that it's very scary. :chainsawguy:


But you know, how else is anyone going to get a gathering of tree pros together to shoot the wind about friggin' tree work? It is what it is: guys.

 

[treeseer]

"I admit I get caught up in the banter.......but its at an all time high lately! some on here post just to post & their posts make no sense,...
It seems this place has just turned into a who can be-little the other guy better than how they just got be-littled........I am no better..."

You just answered your own question, truly and honestly.

".......just wondering where it will all go from here?"

Somewhere else, obviously! :msp_sleep:

 

[tree MDS]

"I admit I get caught up in the banter.......but its at an all time high lately! some on here post just to post & their posts make no sense,...
It seems this place has just turned into a who can be-little the other guy better than how they just got be-littled........I am no better..."

You just answered your own question, truly and honestly.

".......just wondering where it will all go from here?"

Somewhere else, obviously! :msp_sleep:

My dad always used to say "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out"! I always thought that was funny.

 

[treemandan]

My dad always used to say "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out"! I always thought that was funny.

See now I would think he said that cause he didn't like you.:msp_tongue:

 

[treeclimber101]

They left because they were soft and frankly couldn't take the fact that there #### still stunk and that they are a really small fish in a huge ass pond , I mean who cares I learn alot still here daily the info is still here whether in a old thread or something currently open , and honestly I think that EVERYTHING reguarding tree has been covered , so at this point there are just a bunch of overinflated egos hanging out talking smack,:msp_sneaky: and I am extremely guilty because I still Think That I am Better Than At Least Half Of You .....

 

[mckeetree]

On this site there are guys who are like the guy on the cb at a truck stop who is starting problems with everyone that drives by because he knows no one can locate him

Yeah, there is plenty of that going on. There are guys on here that don't even live in the States that are horrified for anybody on here to know their freaking name much less where they live yet they try and talk tough talk constantly. There is five or six of them that mostly post in the political forum that I can guarantee you would crap in their pants in a real life confrontation.

 

[tree MDS]

See now I would think he said that cause he didn't like you.:msp_tongue:

Actually, now that I think about it, he would use that one both in anger and jest. The whole quote was along the lines of "drag yer ass!! ...and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out either"!! I still use that one myself, mostly in jest to friends that have lingered too long and need to just leave already. I am thinking that I could benefit from using it in anger more often though, just in general..

I don't know why, but that just seemed so appropriate for this thread, that I just had to throw it out there.. lol.

 

[tree md]

That is the exact phase I told my last live in girlfriend...

 

[oscar4883]

Didn't read much of the thread but I miss Clearance. Wish that dude would post again.

 

[Bigus Termitius]

"Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!"

 

[NCTREE]

Whole different game in here since I first starter coming here. I've partaked in some bashing in the past but always thought it was appropriate at the time. I try to stay clear of the bs now lifes to short to waste my time.
I do see alot on crap on here that keeps me from posting but it's mostly mds's bs.

 

[ForTheArborist]

Somehow I understand leavers. Go ahead and leave 'em. :-/

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[oscar4883]

I'm worried about Clearance. He did some mighty dangerous work and just suddenly dropped out. I don't think any of us know his real name but if someone does, PM me and I'll do some searching.

Good point. Interested here as well. Seemed like a hard working, no BS kinda guy.

 

[treeclimber101]

I think there are a lot of lost memories here , because when I joined I can say that this place was a lot less forgiving , and the members were equally brash and salty , I mean some of the guys that don't post anymore are some of the meanest SOB's out there. Just saying

 

[mckeetree]

I think there are a lot of lost memories here , because when I joined I can say that this place was a lot less forgiving , and the members were equally brash and salty , I mean some of the guys that don't post anymore are some of the meanest SOB's out there. Just saying

Well, a lot of the guys that don't post anymore are like me...365 day a year serious about it and have a lot invested in it tree services. More and more people joined to post in the commercial tree care forum that were part timers or some kind of weekend tree guy or some character that had a full time job but tries to run a tree business on the side. That sorta deal. And...there was a clash of personalities and there should have been, I mean, the name of the forum is commercial tree care and here you had bozos posting crap like "how do you bid" or "how much should this job be" or "does anybody here carry ins." I mean wtf. I have to admit when I joined in 2007 I was surprised at tree "companies???" on here that admitted no chipper no bucket truck no stump grinder no nothing. And their numbers grew. I think a lot of the old posters just got tired of the place this became and left.

 

[the Aerialist]

Think About It ...

Whole different game in here since I first starter coming here. I've partaked in some bashing in the past but always thought it was appropriate at the time. I try to stay clear of the bs now lifes to short to waste my time.
I do see alot on crap on here that keeps me from posting but it's mostly mds's bs.

Just posting here for the first time was like walking into a strange bar and getting sucker punched. And I responded here pretty much the same way, punching back and even delivering some low blows.

I can't say whether this place was better before I came in the door, but I will admit it went downhill fast after my arrival. I've never allowed myself to be bullied and have not here either.

My New Year's resolution was to be a kinder gentler guy and ignore the childish posters who can't seem to add anything but personal insults, disassociated slurs and illogical ad homonym attacks. This is hard for me to do but I'm going to endeavor to try.

As far as leaving, no, I won't be doing that, not as long as the above behavior continues. I enjoyed my recent hiatus from posting here though, as I really have much better things to do.

The only way to get rid of me is to ignore me. Even being nice to me would probably work, and even faster than not responding at all.

 

[the Aerialist]

I'd like to read that ...

So I was reading that article about the dynamics of an argument in my latest edition of Psychology Today and it was pretty interesting. Anyone else get that magazine? I don't agree with everything in it... I have to say would like to get into a discussion and not end up having to defend my life. Not to be tested on every word. Not to be judged at every pause. Its tough not to do as there was a time where one's life did depend on it long ago...

Hey theDan, I'm old enough to remember that time. What's the name of that article? Or a link to it would be better.

Here's an article perhaps more relevant to our work, from the online edition of Psychology Today: Deadly Mind Traps | Psychology Today

I myself forgot to take my overhead line off a large trunk section I was about to drop, got as far as notching it before I realized my surely deadly error. Senior moment? Perhaps, but it woke me up to turn up my situational awareness when in a tree. It's what keeps us alive doing our work.

 

[Slvrmple72]

The spelling and proper use of punctuation have certainly gone to ****...

Let's see....
I started out as a part time hack. I would top and spike with the best of them and uninsured to boot! Got a cold reception from some of the veterans when I first started posting and it forced me to step up my game. Thickened my skin too! I miss some of the older posters on here as well. They gave a wealth of experience and sage counsel to this site. Truth be told, the changes in this site strongly reflect the changes in this industry thanks to a combination of economics and how-to education. I have recently stopped being a boss and switched over to employee. Got tired of having my throat cut on bids and not bringing home the bacon like I was used to. I just wasn't enjoying my work, the paperwork, taxes, and employee headaches. Did a little bit of line clearance for the experience and my hat is off to the fellas in that field! Next steps for me now that I have more time are CDL, ISA certification, and quite possibly a full-time career with an industry leader in tree care. At least till the end of the world this year....

 

[tree MDS]

Whole different game in here since I first starter coming here. I've partaked in some bashing in the past but always thought it was appropriate at the time. I try to stay clear of the bs now lifes to short to waste my time.
I do see alot on crap on here that keeps me from posting but it's mostly mds's bs.

Sorry that you feel that way man.

And AA "liked" your post, lol, that's like his way of jamming his old gay tongue in your ear, so good luck with that! Lmao....

 

[ozzy42]

Hey I myself forgot to take my overhead line off a large trunk section I was about to drop, got as far as notching it before I realized my surely deadly error. Senior moment? Perhaps, but it woke me up to turn up my situational awareness when in a tree. It's what keeps us alive doing our work.

A guy got killed a few miles from where I live here a few years ago doing that exact same thing.
Such a terrible loss.He was only up 30 ft or so .Maybe would have survived a fall from that height,but he was yanked to the pile he had been bombing logs on by his own climb line.

I didn't know him personally but from what I've been told ,he was a good climber,who usually paid great attention to details.A lapse in concentration while doing this work ,and you will pay for it.